Vulnerability · CVE-2025-37747
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred sig
Published May 1, 2025 · catalog updated May 23, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37747. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- None0.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.19%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 3a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840 <665b87b8f8b3aeb49083ef3b65c4953e7753fc12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed: perf_event_overflow() task_work_add(perf_pending_task) fput() task_work_add(____fput()) task_work_run() ____fput() perf_release() perf_event_release_kernel() _free_event() perf_pending_task_sync() task_work_cancel() -> FAILED rcuwait_wait_event() Once task_work_run() is running, the list of pending callbacks is removed from the task_struct and from this point
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- vendor Linux Linux 3a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840 <665b87b8f8b3aeb49083ef3b65c4953e7753fc123a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840 <665b87b8f8b3aeb49083ef3b65c4953e7753fc12
How to fix CVE-2025-37747
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-37747. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 3a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840 <665b87b8f8b3aeb49083ef3b65c4953e7753fc12 3a5465418f5fd970e86a86c7f4075be262682840 <665b87b8f8b3aeb49083ef3b65c4953e7753fc12. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 1, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed: perf_event_overflow() task_work_add(perf_pending_task) fput() task_work_add(____fput()) task_work_run() ____fput() perf_release() perf_event_release_kernel() _fre
May 23, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed: perf_event_overflow() task_work_add(perf_pending_task) fput() task_work_add(____fput()) task_work_run() ____fput() perf_release() perf_event_release_kernel() _fre
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-37747
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-37747
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13078
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed: perf_event_overflow() task_work_add(perf_p
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.